This idea has been modified from the original, most excellent idea on this v blog:
Many thanks to Way Out West Blow-in Blog. Their blog is so full of good ideas.
It's just a sewer pipe with holes cut in it (roughly 10cm diameter and 20cm apart). It makes an amazing planter for strawberries because you can hang it up, out of reach of slugs and dogs and at perfect height for picking. In the original blog, wooden plugs were cut to seal the ends, otherwise soil and water will just fall out. But we put 90 degree pipe bends on each end, facing upward, for really convient watering.
This one has been planted up with wild forest strawberries that were growing beside the front door of our old derilict house. I wonder if someone else brought them here to enjoy? I left the mother plant, and just took the babies.
And here it is 6 months later, producing strawberries
Of course, they are small wild berries so don't look as impressive as your shop bought strawberries. But that just makes them more of a treat.
And I have another pipe that hopefully will be planted up with commercial strawberry plants this year. Which should give me a lovely balance of volume and taste.
Maybe that one will get an automatic watering system too.......
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